John Ortberg Quotes

The main measure of your devotion to God is not your devotional life. It is simply your life.
JOHN ORTBERG

Devotion Life Main Measurement Simplicity
Never try to have more faith – just get to know God better. And because God is faithful, the better you know Him, the more you’ll trust Him.
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Better Faith God Himself Trust Try
We are tempted to live under the illusion that somewhere out there are people who are normal.
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Illusion Normal People Temptation
Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we’re tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.
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Mission Ourselves Position Situation Start Temptation Thinking
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
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Essence Hope Possible Transformation
It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.
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Bad Death God Myself Need Worth
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
JOHN ORTBERG

Goal Live Separate Time
God is not interested in our spiritual life. He’s interested in our life.
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True repentance never leads to despair. Its leads home. It leads to grace.
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As long as we have unsolved problems, unfulfilled desires, and a mustard seed of faith, we have all we need for a vibrant prayer life.
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If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.
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When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.
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Joylessness may be the sin most readily tolerated by the church.
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Your world could grow infinitely bigger if you were only willing to become appropriately small.
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Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.
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At the deepest level, pride is the choice to exclude both God and other people from their rightful place in our hearts. Jesus said the essence of the spiritual life is to love God and to love people. Pride destroys our capacity to love.
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Death is the prerequisite to resurrection, the new life God intends.
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$John Ortberg Quote - You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.$

You have a “turn” every time you have an opportunity to choose. But most of us only see a tiny fraction of the choices we have.
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The reason our souls hunger so is that the life we could be living so far exceeds our strangest dreams.
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Leadership is the art of disappointing people at a rate they can stand.
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Having faith does not mean never having doubts or questions. It does mean remaining obedient.
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At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
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We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
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Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around.
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We must assess our thoughts and beliefs and reckon whether they are moving us closer to conformity to Christ or farther away from it.
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The most frequent promise in the Bible is ‘I will be with you.’
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The most important task of your life is not what you do, but who you become.
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